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Inept vs Tyro - What's the difference?

inept | tyro |

As an adjective inept

is not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

As a noun tyro is

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inept

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence
  • Unfit; unsuitable

    • Antonyms

    * adept * skillful

    Related terms

    * apt * aptitude

    tyro

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tiro

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A beginner; a novice.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 171:
  • *:Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away [...].

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    *tyrociny *tirocinium

    Anagrams

    * * *

    References

    * "tyro" in the Online Etymology Dictionary